He praised the Russian president for being the primary world chief to talk out within the writer’s protection
John Shipton, the daddy of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, has mentioned that he’s grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting his son amid his persecution by Western authorities.
Shipton arrived in Moscow on Sunday on the invitation of Russian journalist Mira Terada, the co-chair of the BRICS Journalists’ Affiliation.
“In 2012, President Putin turned the primary head of state to talk out in protection of Julian’s pursuits as a writer and citizen,” Shipton informed RIA-Novosti information company.
Putin got here ahead when solely “defamatory lies” had been unfold about his son within the media, Assange’s father mentioned. “For this, I categorical my sympathy to your president,” he added.
Assange spent 5 years in Belmarsh high-security jail within the UK as he fought extradition to the US, which had accused him of unlawfully acquiring and disclosing labeled info, a lot of which was associated to American battle crimes. He was positioned within the facility over breach of bail, after residing within the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, which had granted him asylum, between 2012 and 2019.
In June, the Wikileaks co-founder struck a plea cut price with the US Justice Division, formally acknowledging some guilt and waiving his proper to authorized recourse in change for freedom. “I pled responsible to journalism,” the Wikileaks founder defined later.
In an interview with RT earlier on Saturday, Assange’s father defined the rationale for his present go to to Russia. “I hope to supply the hand of friendship between myself and the Russian individuals, for it’s only by means of peace between the West and Russia, and BRICS that the world can reside in some form of concord with out the fixed worry of destruction by atomic weapons,” Shipton mentioned.
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